2003 IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

The '31st IAAF World Cross Country Championships' were held 29-30 March 2003 in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Contents

Results

Long race men

Individual

Team

Short race men

Individual

Team

Junior Race Men

Individual

Team

Long Race Women

Individual

Team

Short Race Women

Individual

Team

Junior Race Women

Individual

Team

External links

Results

Long race men

Individual

'Medal'	'Athlete'	'Time'
Gold	Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)	35:56 min
Silver	Patrick Ivuti (KEN)	36:09 min
Bronze	Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam (ETH)	36:17 min

Team

'Medal'	'Athlete'	'Mark'
Gold	Kenya Patrick Ivuti (2nd) Richard Limo (4th) Paul Koech (5th) John Cheruiyot Korir (6th)	17 pts
Silver	Ethiopia Kenenisa Bekele (1st) Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam (3rd) Sileshi Sihine (7th) Ketema Nigusse (13th)	23 pts
Bronze	Morocco Hicham Chatt (8th) Khalid El Amri (10th) Abderrahim Goumri (15th) Jaouad Gharib (23rd)	51 pts

Short race men

Individual

'Medal'	'Athlete'	'Time'
Gold	Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)	11:01 min
Silver	John Kibowen (KEN)	11:04 min
Bronze	Benjamin Limo (KEN)	11:06 min

Team

'Medal'	'Athlete'	'Mark'
Gold	Kenya John Kibowen (2nd) Benjamin Limo (3rd) Michael Kipyego (4th) Thomas Kiplitany (5th)	14 pts
Silver	Ethiopia Kenenisa Bekele (1st) Meba Tadesse (7th) Tessema Absher (12th) Abiyote Endale (13th)	31 pts
Bronze	Morocco Khalid El Amri (6th) Abderrahim Goumri (10th) Ahmed Baday (15th) Abdelkader Hachlaf (16th)	44 pts

Junior Race Men

Individual

'Medal'	'Athlete'	'Time'
Gold	Eliud Kipchoge (KEN)	22:47 min
Silver	Boniface Kiprop (UGA)	22:49 min
Bronze	Solomon Busendich (KEN)	22:51 min

Team

'Medal'	'Athlete'	'Mark'
Gold	Kenya	15 pts
Silver	Ethiopia	28 pts
Bronze	Uganda	48 pts

Long Race Women

Individual

'Medal'	'Athlete'	'Time'
Gold	Werknesh Kidane (ETH)	25:53 min
Silver	Deena Kastor (USA)	26:02 min
Bronze	Merima Denboba (ETH)	26:28 min

Team

'Medal'	'Athlete'	'Mark'
Gold	Ethiopia Werknesh Kidane (1st) Merima Denboba (3rd) Eyerusalem Kuma (4th) Tereza Yohannes (9th)	17 pts
Silver	Kenya Magdaline Chemjor (5th) Elizabeth Rumokol (6th) Caroline Kilel (8th) Jepkorir Aiyabei (12th)	30 pts
Bronze	United States Deena Kastor (2nd) Colleen De Reuck (7th) Katie McGregor (15th) Elva Dryer (17th)	36 pts

Short Race Women

Individual

'Medal'	'Athlete'	'Time'
Gold	Edith Masai (KEN)	12:43 min
Silver	Werknesh Kidane (ETH)	12:44 min
Bronze	Jane Wanjiku (KEN)	12:46 min

Team

'Medal'	'Athlete'	'Mark'
Gold	Kenya Edith Masai (1st) Jane Wanjiku (3rd) Isabella Ochichi (4th) Prisca Ngetich (11th)	18 pts
Silver	Ethiopia Werknesh Kidane (2nd) Merima Denboba (6th) Tirunesh Dibaba (7th) Ejegayehu Dibaba (9th)	24 pts
Bronze	Russia Alla Zhilyaeva (8th) Olga Romanova (14th) Anastasiya Zubova (30th) Viktoriya Klimina (34th)	76 pts

Junior Race Women

Individual

'Medal'	'Athlete'	'Time'
Gold	Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)	20:21 min
Silver	Peninah Jepchumba (KEN)	20:22 min
Bronze	Gelete Burika Bati (ETH)	20:28 min

Team

'Medal'	'Athlete'	'Mark'
Gold	Kenya	14 pts
Silver	Ethiopia	22 pts
Bronze	Morocco	78 pts

External links

★ Official site